Where does “stiftelse” come from?

stiftelse (Danish) comes from Danish stifte, from Danish stift, from Middle Low German stift.

stiftelse (Danish): foundation (foundation that manages assets that have been donated for a specific charitable purpose, usually by donation or will)

Definitions

  1. foundation (foundation that manages assets that have been donated for a specific charitable purpose, usually by donation or will)

Ancestry of “stiftelse”, step by step

stiftelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish stifte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishstiftedefinite plural of stift
2Danishstifta diocese (a church unit led by a bishop), a bishopric
3Middle Low Germanstift—

via Danish Else

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishElse—
2DanishElisabethElizabeth biblical figure

Words derived from “stiftelse”

Every word from Middle Low German stift →Every word from Danish stift →Every word from Danish stifte →